Joint prosthesis having controlled rotation

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EP 0 904 749 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	05.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/01

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	31.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/13

(21)	Application number: 98307769.4

(22)	Date of filing: 24.09.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61F 2/38

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

25.09.1997 US 936925

(71)	Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Professional, Inc.
	Raynham, Massachusetts 02767 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	O'Neil, Michael J. West Barnstable, MA 02668 (US) Oyola, Arnold Taunton, MA 02780 (US) Cheal, Edward J. Duxbury, MA 02332 (US)

(74)	Representative: Fisher, Adrian John
	CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	Joint prosthesis having controlled rotation

(57) A joint prosthesis system includes first and second components that are joinable to each other in a manner to inhibit the rotation of the second component relative to the first component. The prosthesis system includes a rotation-inhibiting mechanism that has at least circumferential groove formed in one of a portion of the first component and a portion of the second component and at least one rib formed on the other of the first component and the second component. In one embodiment the rib may be eccentric, and the groove and the rib are matable with each other upon mounting of the second component within the first component.

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